Spergula morisonii, Boreau

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 154

2. S. morisonii Boreau in Duchartre, Rev. Bot. 2: 424 (1847)

(S. vernalis auct.).

Annual with ascending stems 5-30 cm, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaves 1-2 cm, linear, not channelled beneath; leaf-fascicles conspicuously shorter than the internodes. Sepals 4 mm, ovate, acuminate; petals about equalling the sepals, ovate, obtuse, overlapping at their margins; stamens 5-10. Capsule 5 mm, slightly exceeding the sepals. Seeds 1-1-5 mm (including wing), laterally compressed, with a brownish striate wing narrower than the seed. 2n=18. C. Europe, extending southwards to the Iberian peninsula and N. Italy and northwards to C. Sweden. Au Be Bu Cz D a Fe G a Ge Ho Hs Hu It Lu N o Po Rm Rs (B, C) Su [Br].